Romsey Community Hospital

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Romsey Community Hospital
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Romsey Community Hospital
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Shown in Hampshire
Geography
Location Romsey, Hampshire, England
Coordinates 50°59′32″N1°28′55″W / 50.992361°N 1.48186°W / 50.992361; -1.48186
Organisation
Care system NHS
Services
Beds19
History
Opened1899

The Romsey Community Hospital is a hospital in Romsey, England. the current site opened in 1931 and is operated by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The hospital has its origins in a small cottage hospital on Greatbridge Road which was official opened as the Jubilee Nursing Home by Princess Victoria in 1899. [1] [2] [3] The hospital moved to a new facility which opened on Winchester Hill in 1931. [3] The hospital was extended to create a new theatre recovery area in 2002. [4]

Services

The hospital provides community outpatient services and has two wards with 19 beds in total intended to rehabilitate people for return to their homes swiftly after operations. Where returning to their home is not possible, they aim to find a more appropriate placement. [5]

Outpatient services offered include phlebotomy, X-Rays, podiatry, physiotherapy and clinics covering diabetes, orthopaedic choices, leg ulcers and wounds. [5] There are also urology services provided by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. [6]

Lantern Seat

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The Lantern Seat, Romsey Hospital

Located outside the front of the hospital is the Lantern Seat. The 1818 back panel in this seat was rescued by Donald Baker of Mead Mill Romsey during the demolition of the sounding arch at Embley Park – the home of Florence Nightingale (The Lady of the Lamp). Don commissioned local blacksmith, Richard Bent of Braishfield, to design and make the seat in the spring of 2004. [7]

See also

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  3. 1 2 "Look at Romsey: Area 6 Upper Cupernham and Winchester Road" (PDF). Test Valley Borough Council. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. "Erection of single storey extension to provide new recovery ward for theatre and alterations to windows as part of theatre refurbishment". Test Valley Borough Council. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Romsey Hospital". Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. "Urology". University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. "The Lantern Seat". Open Benches. Retrieved 1 November 2022.